Block and wall construction



Jan. 20, I931. s, BROZEK 789,400

' BLOCK min WALL CONSTRUCTION Filed llay 28, 1930 INVENTOR.

fiiaizle Zimze/c,

BY v

A TTORNEY.

"ffa'nd' toe" wall constructionfembojdying the line 5Qof'fFigure l. saief' 7 q uire that the "foundation jwallfbe formedimentof myinventionlthe numeral desig-f o'blo ck'is provided Whichis adapted to befu'se'cl1 such as three bricks-,"anclfhas 'a'width equalto 5 i-flsolid blockofthis characteri's'heavy ointsf The f blocki's"providedffjupon i one;

' receiving recess, anclj re, ireecommufn'ig ingfgrooves 'or" slots12,-snificienfl -1arge to;

Patented Jan. 20, 1 931 7 sr'ixnnnynnoznn'or-nnrnorrf ICHIGAN; l BLOCKimnwiiu. cons rnuorion j iieafidnfmea m 2 8 ,193 i),' '.Serial n olleseeoefl j 'ilV Iy' invention relates to a builcling loloclilf "Figure5 isia horizont'al s@t nta1:e;1;q11

- )In the drawings, wherein V 7 5 t I ,9, l for cat ons, bulldlngregulations r e- I of illustration, isshownfa preferred emloocli-" Insome 1 a .t a of solid;fhlocks 'hrick', or colncrete; l/lyunfnates'afsolid block formed of concrete, clay vention providesaisolidblock} meeting these-1; or? iother'plastic materialrfThis blockhas-a 5 requirements.

7 v r I I y e 5 height-jequal-tothe combined" height of af' 1 Inaccordance with 'my invention, a s

olicl plurality of brioksfplujsf the inortar joints,

l in connection with a hriek facing, amen Etlie combined wiclth of twobricks, plnsthef ner to properly bond thehrickffaeinglfto the, mortar gonts. The blo'ch naygbeformed same. In addition to this, ad a cer'tlayers oi in any suitable le11gt hs,';*su c h a sthe com- 5 blocks mayhaveinterlockingengagement. bmecl lenathsofgtwobricks, plusgthe mortardifiicult to handle?v To meetthls QQIldltlOIhN corner su ch as the nppercorner, W1thja'br1ck;

I provide ve rtioalhand receiving grooves rorfireceivingl recess l l,"extending throughout l slots, which extend through thetopandhot 'jthfe'ent reff length offtjh'e same; angl passing f v. to'm of the block;iAt-one"end;; theseyslot th-ro ugh-jtheends thereof; This recess preipass through the vertic'al and ho rizontal walls erjab'ly has ayviclthof about 'one fhal'fjof the" ofthe brick receiving. recessformefdinthe4 width oftheblockl block. I Hand holes or recesses are-,forII.iecl The block 10 'sfjprovidecl atits. epeds itef v intheblookfatv its entls, ben eath the brick ends withsubstantiallyvertioal hancl'reoeiv I I 5' eationiwith the'handreceiving'gmoves. Thel completely receive the handsl f These grooves l ehand receivinggrooves areofsufficientsize;extend-through the topiancl'bottomfof the p 'to receive the entirehand,whereby the blocks block,and also pass through the vertical and." I j b, in the upperposition.NVhen' invertedl'tlie horizontal finger holes 13,-arrangednear and maybeproperly manipulatecl when inverted, Ihorizontalfwalls of 'the jhric'lgrece iving' re-j as well as when the brick receiving recess is l cess'The' blockis provided in its ends witli I I blocks will haveinterlockingengagementbe'n th the hr okrece ving recess and n-free When the brickreceiving-recesses "a're'jja commumeatlon v vv' lth the: hand' r'ei-ving ranged rippermosItQ-the handmaybe inserted gi V 'jl2.5"'

therein, in'whole or in part, effecting afmore' I Figure EwanQOiiStrii@ti6fi'iSl1OWn i j the blockshown ini my: Patent No. 1,753,820,

rte-4 of Figure 3; and,

" convenient manipulation of the block. a [lfhe present invention. is,an improvementupon,-

' issued April8,fl930.' V 1, In the'accompanying drawings, forming? apart of this specification, and-in which like numerals .are employed{todesignate like partsthroughout the same, a

Figure 1 isan end elevation of a wall em- 45 ooclying my inventlon,

embodying horizontal layers 14b, 15, 16 and 17' of the b1oc ks"10. Theblocks 10 'in the layer have their briclrreceiving recesses arrangechremote from. the brick facing 1'8,

while theiblochs mum layer l6 are invertecl v so'thet the. extension 19of the same projects into the .hri'ckfreceiving. recess 11 [of the jblocksii'nthei1ayer'17,wliile the extension '19 of theblooks inthe layer'l'l project into the brink rec'eivingfreces'ses otthehlocks in'the". Ilayers 16, these blocks thereby interlocking.

FigureflZi's a perspective view ofone of the Thebldck iiithlay 15'hvtheiffl tb t f u blocks, I toms arranged upon the flat inverted" bottomFigure 3 is a plan view of the same, Figure 4 is a vertical sectiontaken on 11116 o*the;t1e1;s' in thela-yer l6 and their brick receivingrrecesjses face inwardly toward the a brick facing "18 Thhlocks'inthelayer'lft r v transversely to enter the briclrreceiv ngrea"have their fiat bottoms arranged adjacent to the blocks in the layer15, while the brick recesses 11 and bond with i ceiving recesses faceoutwardly with respect to the brick facing, to receive the extensions beinverted. Y e A I The brick facing 18 embodies horizontal of the'blocks,in the next layer, which would layers of bricks 20 and 21. The bricksin; the

layer 20 extend'longitudinally ofthe wall, while the bricks in the layer21 are disposed I I hands'in thegrooves l2la'nd the fingerf'holes 13and'ithis will permit 'the 'b'locks to' be I shifted to-close end to endrelation without I When the M101: receiving recess is arranged .he handsscraping upon the adjacentbloc k,

" uppermost the n y be inserted in whle the convenient manipulation ofthe block.

. ""maybeinserted lnto the handfreceivlng facing,

Further, when'the ,block is inverted, thehand groove, so that thefingers may engage within the finger holes 131 ci wi I bri k a g-ye th nen tionlis not T restricted to the use: of the brickas a ol a my bel o nediellia' tirely ofthe solidblocks, the blocksineach.

two' 'layersbeing inverted with respect to eng 1, each other, so thattheextension jof one block enters the recess of the other lblockxlnhandling the blocks, whether they are used with the brick facing or not,the arrange,

ment of the vertical grooves and holes ,renders it possible for themason to properly ,orthe invertedposition.

t It is tobe; understood that the form of" my invention, herewith shownanddflscribed,

is to'be taken as a preferred exarnplelof the sa andi-t t u ha g n hape; v o

' thatthe blockniay be nverted so that the ex I size andarrangement ofparts, be re sorted to, without departing from thefspiiit ofmyinvention, or the scope-ofthesube" joined claims.

Having thus cla m 1., 'A'solid block for building a; a having a'brickfacing, said blockhaving a height a p? proxi nating the co nbined heightof age and handlethe bl'eck in the V described invention, I I I I.sa1dhandholes,sardrecesswhenintheupper:

walls of the brick receiving recess and leading into the e'nds'of saidrecess, the ends of the block having finger holes arranged nearthe brickreceiving recess and leading into the vertical grooves, the arrangementbeing, such that the hands may be passed through either end .of thevertical hand receiving grooves and'the handsginserted in part or inwhole within the brick receiving recess when it is arranged uppermost sothat the fingers may be conveniently; introduced into said finger holes.

lengtl1, eaeh block beingprovided at'its ends with verticalhandreeeivinggrooves extend-i ing'through its top andv bottom, eachblock? being further provided with finger holes "arranged" adj meat, tothe brick receivinglrecess I V I I and leadingintotthe,hand"receivinggrooves,

or 1n. part,vv1th1n.this recess, which aids in,

extension ofonefb wk e e 'fth b l Tie-i ceiving recess of thetherfblock', the blocks 5 i, t e next lever ha ng he rl ri k e 4 e e V Ijing recesses arranged uppern'lost,and a brick While I havesh wn thesolid blocks as as facingi fo'r-tlie blocks comprising layers of e entrneth r e s f r the b acks. in the. I

v e. at eera v a V 3. ;{Alfsolid block for building a Wa'1l1,' said 1block beingprovi'ded upon one corner with a recess extendingthroughoutits entire length forming at projection upon the block, said Iblockrbeing'providedin its ends' gwith sub stantially'vertical' hand"receiving grooves which extend through the top and'bottorn of the block,said: grooves passing through the vertical and horizontalwalls oftherecess and leading into the ends of saidlrecess, the ends ofthe blockhaving finger holes arrangedv near the brick receiving recess. andleading into vertical grooves, the arrangement being" such "tensionofone block willfenter the recess of the adja' cent block and theh'andsmay be p'assed'through eitherr'end of'thevertical grooves so that thefingersmay engage in most position also serving to receive the hand inwhole or in part so that thefingers may be, more. conveniently passedthrough the vertical grooves and,enterthefinger holes. a Y

V In testimony whereof Iafixj my signature; ,SgTANLEY'BRQ-ZE'K

